earl

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɜːl/    美 /ɝl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.

词形变化

earls plural

词汇关系

衍生词
belted earl earldom earless earlman earl marshal Earls Colne Earl's Court Earl Shilton earlship Earl Stonham

词源

From Middle English erl, erle, from Old English eorl, from Proto-West Germanic *erl, from Proto-Germanic *erlaz (compare Old Saxon erl, Old Norse jarl), from Proto-Germanic *erōną, *arōną (compare Old Norse jara (“fight, battle”)). Doublet of eorl and jarl. Unrelated to ealdorman (“alderman”).
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